Connected Care Grid Remote Patient Monitoring Inpatient Programming Grant

The Rural Health Transformation Program Connected Care Grid Remote Patient Monitoring Inpatient Programming grant is administered by the West Virginia Department of Health as part of a broader statewide initiative funded through federal support from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The State of West Virginia received approximately two hundred million dollars under the Rural Health Transformation Program to improve healthcare access, reduce chronic disease burden, and enhance outcomes in rural communities. This specific funding opportunity focuses on advancing inpatient remote patient monitoring models that align with statewide priorities including preventative care, improved care coordination, and data driven health system transformation. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to solicit proposals from qualified entities to design, implement, and operate inpatient anchored remote patient monitoring programs within hospital or facility settings. These programs are expected to leverage connected monitoring technologies and virtual clinical workflows to improve care delivery for high risk and rural populations. Core objectives include reducing hospital length of stay, decreasing avoidable readmissions and emergency department utilization, improving transitions of care, and generating actionable data to inform statewide performance monitoring and program scaling. The program emphasizes the use of FDA approved medical devices and integrated data systems to support real time clinical decision making and improved patient outcomes. Funding under this opportunity is performance based and tied to defined milestones and measurable outcomes. The total available funding for this specific program component is approximately four million nine hundred fifteen thousand dollars, distributed across performance based reimbursement, integration costs, and administrative and technical assistance. Awards are structured based on inpatient and emergency department bed counts, with an approximate maximum of twenty six thousand dollars per bed. Funding is provided for a one year period and must be fully expended by July thirty first two thousand twenty seven. Initial payments are provided for startup costs, followed by reimbursements contingent on milestone achievement and verified performance metrics. Eligible applicants include acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, hospital based behavioral health facilities, skilled nursing operators, and other entities approved by the State that demonstrate the ability to implement inpatient remote patient monitoring programs. The program prioritizes statewide coverage with emphasis on rural and underserved populations. Applicants must ensure that proposed activities do not duplicate existing value based initiatives or other funded programs and must demonstrate that funds will supplement rather than replace existing services. Maintenance of effort requirements prohibit the use of funds to supplant existing funding sources or operational costs. The application process requires submission through the West Virginia State Grant Processing System using the Vendor Self Serve portal. Applicants must provide a comprehensive application narrative addressing organizational capacity, expected health outcomes, implementation feasibility, and long term sustainability. Additional required components include a detailed line item budget, budget narrative justification, contact list, and a county level service plan. Applications are evaluated based on organizational capacity, impact on health outcomes, feasibility, sustainability, and budget considerations. A minimum score threshold is required for funding consideration, and final award decisions are aligned with statewide strategic priorities. Key dates for this opportunity include a release date of July thirty two thousand twenty six and an application deadline of August thirteen two thousand twenty six at eleven fifty nine PM Eastern Time. Questions must be submitted within three business days of posting using the designated form, and responses are provided through the state system. Technical assistance is available via the program coordinator. Awardees will be required to submit monthly and quarterly reports, maintain compliance with federal and state requirements, and provide real time data access to the State for oversight and evaluation purposes. Post award responsibilities include adherence to strict reporting, financial management, and compliance requirements under federal regulations. Funding is contingent on milestone achievement, and the State retains authority to reallocate funds if performance targets are not met. Administrative costs are capped at ten percent of the total award. The program is structured as a one time funding cycle with no guaranteed recurrence, though future funding may depend on federal allocations and program performance outcomes. This initiative represents a significant investment in healthcare transformation infrastructure across West Virginia with a strong emphasis on accountability, measurable impact, and sustainable system improvement.

Focus on measurable outcomes strong implementation plan and sustainability ensure RPM deployment is operational not theoretical and aligns with state priorities